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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A granting pardons
B making treaties
C receiving foreign ambassadors
D declaring war
Question #2
A placate a symbolic constituency
B help set the president’s agenda
C ensure that the president’s party will have a good chance of winning the next presidential election
D mentor the president
Question #3
A presidential and vice presidential succession and disability
B the Electoral College
C presidential powers to conduct war
D the president’s powers to negotiate treaties
Question #4
A The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to executive agencies.
B The White House staff is composed of policy specialists who have little personal loyalty to the president.
C The White House staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy and Congress.
D The White House staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best interest of the president.
Question #5
A in times of economic crisis
B in times of relative peace and prosperity
C when they oppose the president’s agenda
D during presidential election years
Question #6
A Rally events lead to drops in presidential approval ratings, making passage of their agendas more difficult.
B Rally events cause a long-term increase in presidential approval ratings, practically guaranteeing reelection.
C Rally events tend to temporarily increase presidential approval ratings, providing presidents with a window of opportunity to press their agenda.
D Rally events make presidents more politically cautious.
Question #7
A The vice president recently has been locked out of the policymaking process.
B The vice president is no longer trusted as he once was.
C The vice presidency has become a prerequisite for the presidency.
D The vice president has been more involved in the policy making process in recent years than in the past.
Question #8
A Modern presidents are considerably less democratic than the Framers originally intended.
B Modern presidents are more subservient to the will of Congress than the Framers originally intended.
C Modern presidents are much more influential in the legislative process than the Framers originally intended.
D Modern presidents have considerably less power as leaders of their political parties than the Framers originally intended.
Question #9
A to provide the president with national security policy advice from the opposing party’s perspective
B to administer the armed forces
C to link the president’s foreign and military policy advisers
D to keep the president and first family secure
Question #10
A Executive Office of the President
B the cabinet
C White House staff
D Office of Administration
Question #11
A levels of executive privilege
B campaign spending
C approval ratings
D debts and deficits
Question #12
A executive order
B electoral mandate
C executive agreement
D approval rating
Question #13
A establishing the jurisdiction of the federal courts including the Supreme Court
B nominating federal judges
C determining the Supreme Court’s docket
D determining the constitutionality of judicial acts
Question #14
A secretary of commerce
B chief of staff
C Office of Management and Budget
D secretary of the treasury
Question #15
A to suggest programs that should be scaled back or curtailed because they use tax dollars inefficiently
B to enact the president’s budget
C to assess budget proposals for Congress
D to advise the president on economic policy
Question #16
A Vice presidents started to preside over the Senate.
B Presidents are more likely to select ideologically moderate vice presidents to expand their electoral appeal.
C Presidents are more likely to use their vice presidents as close policy advisers.
D Vice presidents started taking the lead in the budgeting process.
Question #17
A chief executive
B head of state
C commander in chief
D chief legislator
Question #18
A because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president
B because the president has diminishing power over the course of his or her administration
C because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers
D because the Constitution does not give the president any powers to influence public policy
Question #19
A limits the president’s terms of office
B requires that presidents be natural-born citizens
C requires the president to be at least 35 years old
D requires the president to be a resident of the United States
Question #20
A Senate majority leader
B president of the United States
C Speaker of the House
D vice president of the United States